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Originally Posted by martinjlm
The 2-Mode will be available later in 2008 as a 2009 MY. The Plug-In 2-Mode will be available sometime in calendar year 2010.
The 2-Mode will deliver better power and fuel economy than the Green Line Hybrid, but it will also be priced higher than the Green Line Hybrid.
Whether it's worth waiting for the 2-Mode or popping now for the Green Line depends totally on how much value you place on the added fuel economy and performance. The Green Line achieves about 15 - 20% improvement over the 2.4L Saturn VUE. The 2-Mode is targeting 45 - 50% improvement over the 3.6L V6 Saturn VUE.
Peace,
Martin
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A 50% improvement on the 3.6 translates to 24/33 (from 16/22), which is not much different from the 25/32 on the 2.4 Green Line. Perhaps the figures are conservative, or maybe they're biased towards city driving, and we'll see something like 28/29, which is much more impressive, despite having the same combined average.